Search Results: Titles starting with I from Granny Goose Books

Akron & New York: Saalfield, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. 5 ¼ x 8¼. The interior of the book is fresh and clean, with no signatues, marks or damage. The illlustrated covers are bright with minor wear. The dust jacket is also in Good + condition, with moderate edgewear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. The attached scans should give a better idea of condition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. This is a first printing of the first American edition, with the "Published October 1948" statement on the verso of the title page. The interior of the book is clean, with no signatures or marks and very few signs of previous use. The paper covering the hinge at the half title page has split, but the underlying netting is intact. The edge of the text block has darkened. The cloth covers are clean, with light edge wear, but there is serious fading to the spine colour. The dust jacket is price clipped (top right hand corner of the flap). The dust jacket is only in Good condition, with moderate wear overall, and more sserious wear and sun tanning at the spine. The attached scans should provide a better idea of condition.

London: Orion, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The red covers are fresh, again with no wear. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in excellent condition. Synopsis: "In seventeenth-century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.

Toronto: HarperCollins, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Laura Fernandez. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The glossy laminated covers show no wear. The dust jacket (repeats the cover illustration) is also in excellent condition. It is not price-clipped, and shows only minor wear to edges. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover and looks great. Synopsis: A lovely picture book for young children. A small child hears his mother calling, but is reluctant to leave the peaceful twilight: "I hear my mother call my name and I know I should go in, but it is summer, and dusk, and beautiful".

B. Mitchell, 1986. Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and tight, showing few signs of previous use. The laminated pictorial covers are also in very good condition, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. A nice small-format picture book introducing counting for very young children.

London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, with very minor wear at tips and corners. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition, with one small (and quite unobtrusive) stain on the front panel and very mild edgewear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover.

London: Blackie, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and crisp. The front free end paper has been removed, and there is a brown oblong on the following page, but no other marks or problems. The blue covers are fresh, with just a bit of light wear at edges and corners, The dust jacket is in excellent conditon with a darkened spine, but few other problems. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "Prue Bellamy, her crippled father and Jemima, the housekeepre, live in the village of Magpie. It is Prue's dream to work with ponies and to have one of her own -- though it seems to her an impossible ambition. But various events conspire to make her dream come true: a riding school is opened in the village; the owner, Lady Sapphire Jordan, comes to lodge with the Bellamys, and Leprechaun, Prue's cousin's pony, is involved in a car crash, which makes her useless in the show-ring -- or so everyone thought!

New York: Dial Press, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 ¼ x 6 ¼. This is a stated first printing of the first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with just a few signs of previous use. The illustrated covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with light edge wear. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Bonnie, the baby in "Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister", is growing up. Big brother Oliver will play horse and wagon with her -- as long as she's the horse. He'll play cops and robbers with her too -- if she's the robber. He'll even colour with her -- as long as they use her crayons and paper. Bonnie is about to give up in despair when at last she finds an unexpected playmate and the tables are turned.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Groundwood Books, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and fresh, with no marks or signs of use. The illustrated covers are bright, with a small ding at the top corner, which should be visible in the attached scan. Overall, a very nice copy. Synopsis: "The reclusive man who lives in the big house next to Roland and his family and doesn't like children finally responds to kindness and reveals a secret.

London: The Bodley Head, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good -. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with just a few marks. The red covers show light wear at tips and corners, and a spot of fadiing at the bottom of the front and back corners. The dust jacket is also in slightly less than very good condition. It is not price-clipped, by has two nicks of missing paper, one on the top of the front panel, one from the bottom right hand corner of the back. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover, and makes a good first impression. Synopsis: "Reynard Langrish, a young ex-army man, meets a territorial officer who takes him to a boxing match at his camp, and urges him to join the unit. For some time Langrish is undecided, but later discovers that the camp has completely disappeared -- and he can find no proof, despite his visit, that it had ever existed. Joscelyn Brooke establishes a relationship between the ordinary… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a bookplate from a private lending library and two short tape ghosts on the free front end paper, but no other marks or damage. The black cloth covers are fresh, with light bumps to edges, but no wear else. The gilt lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is in excellent condtion. It is not price-clipped, and shows no wear or damage. It is now in a protective plastic cover and looks most attractive. .

London: Methuen / Walker, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The illustrated covers are bright, with very minor wear at tips and corners. Synopsis: A picture book about a young boy having fun in his bath. "When Conrad takes a bath, a flannel becomes a life-raft, the tap is the cannon of a battleship, and his sponge, pumice, nailbrush and soap turn into a courageous pirate crew in search of a sunken treasure. Conrad's mother interrupts this impossible bath, and Conrad returns to reality -- with the treasure".

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. The interior of the book is clean and complete, but the book has been exposed to water at some point with resulting rippling to the top corner of the pages. The red covers are fresh, with light wear and bumps to the front bottom corner and top and bottom of the spine. The dust jacket (designed by Clare Bice) is not clipped, and is in very good condition, with light general wear, shallow chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. The back of the jacket has red stains, transferred from the red binding. Despite these flaws, still an attractive copy of the first edition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: The story of Lina Ashley, who moves to northern Alberta to start life again with her husband. Sym, her husband, had migrated to Bear Claw when their farm failed. BearClaw, was "peopled by new Canadian immigrants, half- breeds and Indians. Life was hard there, its hardness made bearable only by… Read More

Frontenac Historic Foundation, 1976. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is clean and unmarked, and the brown card covers are crisp, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. A lovely copy. Contents: -- Introduction. -- Kingston and County: a calendar of comment. -- A brief outline of architectural styles in Kingston and Frontenac County. -- At face value: some aspects of Kingston facades. -- Improvement versus preservation: a hypothetical case. -- Appendix A: Basic suggestions concerning preservation and restoration of the older house and its surroundings. -- Appendix B: Some experienced local craftsmen. -- Appendix C: Sources of manufactured reproductions and other products suitable for older buildings.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and tight, with no marks or wear. The burgundy covers are fresh, with minor wear at edges and corners. The gilt spine lettering and decoration are still bright. The dust jacket is also in very good conditon, with light edgewear, and several short tears. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. Summary: If, when he died, Jan Wyndham's father had left her any money, it is highly improbable that she would ever have considered going out to South Africa to marry Hugh Stafford. Penniless, she made her choice and laughed at destiny. But destiny laughed back when Jan met on the boat the one man who had won her heart".

London: Blackie & Son. Hardcover. Good +. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The front free end paper has been neatly removed, but ther e is no other wear or damage. The illustrated green covers are fresh, with light wear only. An attractive copy.

New York: Scholastic, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. This is a stated first printing, with a complete number line. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue and cream covers are fresh, with light bumps to the top and bottom of the spine, but no other wear. The gilt lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and again shows only a touch of edge wear -- but no tears, chips or other damage. The dust jacket is now in a protective plastic cover. Synopsis: "While spending a summer vacation on an Indian reservation, twelve-year-old Joni has a difficult time getting along with Sarah Birdsong and her friends, who seem to hold her responsible for the prejudice they experience outside the reservation" -- a story about two teenage girls -- one Iroquois, one white -- learning to be friends despite their differences.

London: Collins, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is clean and crisp. The author has autographed the title page, but there are no other marks or wear. The red voers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in excellent condtion, with no tears or damage. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Inspector Ghote is "ordered off to a vast old house buried deep in the heat-soaked Indian countryside to protect an aged, unpopular and rigidly obstinate judge of the British Raj era, against whom death threats have been made. In the old house, itself still run in the routines of the Raj, Ghote soon finds that his chief opponent is not the unknown who has been leaving Justice Sir Asif Ibrahim threatening letters, but the formidable, iron-principled old judge himself.

Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, and the paper covers are bright and unworn, This is a collection of scholarly papers examining indients of insubordination and military mutiny in 20th century. Contents: -- 1. Good men pushed too far? the First Canadian Parachute Battalion hunger strike, 20-23 October 1944, by Bernd Horn. -- 2. The revolt of the Canadian generals, 1944: the case for the Prosecution, by Richard J. Walker. -- 3. Leadership and lack of moral fibre in Bomber Command, 1939-1945: lessons for today and tomorrow. by Allan English. -- 4. Errant aircrew: a case for "grey" insubordination in No. 6 Group (Royal Canadian Air Force), Bomber Command in 1943, by David Bercuson. -- 5. Murder by Spitfire? probing for mutiny and indiscipline in Canada's Second World War Air Force, by Dean C. Black. -- 6. After the emergency: demobilization strikes, political statements, and the moral economy in… Read More

Ottawa: Privately Printed, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and tight. A paper clip has left a mark on the font end papers and title page, but there is little other wear or use. The green covers are in very good minus condition, with light wear and handling. Contents: This is a description of the history, organization and programs offered in the Intermediate School in Ottawa, Ontario, which seems to have been roughly equivalent to today's senior public schools.